The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-12-30

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l am glad TO know that In our great
cities there II hardly . ni8ht In which
theTe ere not coacDrts, where, With the
hest musical instruments and the sweet.
est Voices, people may ind entertainment.
PatroIiss such entertainments when they
are afforded yoa Buy season ticksts, II
you can. for the Philharmonic and the
Handel and Haydn societies. Fsel that
The $L60 o. . that you spend for the pr.
pose q hearing IN artist play OF sing 10 Z
profitable investment. Let your Steinwoy
halls and your academies Of music roar
with the reclamation Of appreciativs
audiences assembled ct the concert q the
0ratorio.
Still further, commend - worthy Of
their support the gymnasium. This In
stftution 10 gaining In favor every year.
and I know Of moth ing moro free from
dissipation or more cal culated to re-
cuperate the physical and mental ener'
gies. While there are good laany peo.
pie who have employed this institution,
there II . vast number who are
ignorant Of It's excellence. There
are men with cranped chest and
weak sides and Respondent spirits,
who, through the gymnasium, might
be reused mp TO exuberance and
exhilaration Of life. There are many
Christian people despondent from year to
year. who might, through such an institu.
ton, be benefited in their spiritual rela-
tions. There are Christian people who
seem to think that It is q good sign to be
poorly; and because Richard Baxter aud
Robert HAIL were invalids, they think that
by tie same sickness they may come to
the same grandeur OF character. want
to tell the Christian people Of my congre-
CATION that God will hold YOU responsible
for your invalidism IL IL IL your fault, and
when through right exercise and prudence
You might be athletic and well. The Of.
feet Of the body upon the soul you &C.
knowledge. Put man Of mild disposi.
ton upon the animal diet Of which the
blood win change its chemical proper.
lions. It will become like unto the blood
OF the lion. or the tiger. or the bear. while
his disposition will change, AMI become
fierce. cruel and uurelenting. Tho body
has powerful effect uIon the soul.
There are good people whose idsas Of
Heaven are all shut out with clouds of
tobacco smoke. There are people who
dare To shatter the physical vase in which
God has put the jewel Of eternity. There
are men with great hearts and inEellects
in bodies worn out by their own neglects
machinery. capable Of pro.
polling Great Eastern across the Allan.
tic, yet fastened in rickety North River
propeller. Martin Luther was 30 mighty
for God, first, because he had q noble
soul, and secondly, because he had o
muscular Development which would have
enabled him to thrash any five Of his per.
secutors, il it had been Christian
SO to do. Physical development
which merely shows itself in
fabulous lifting, or in perilous rope
walking, or in pugilistic encounter, ex-
cites only our contempt; but we confess to
great admiration for the man who has q
great soul in an athletic body, every
nerve, muscle and bone of which Is con.
secrated to right uses. Oh. it seems to
me outrageous that men, through neglect,
should allow their physical health to go
down beyond repair. A ship which ought,
with all sail set and every man at his
post, to be carrying . rich cargo for
eternity, employing all its men In stop
ping up leakages. When you may,
through the gymnasium, work of your
spleen and your querulousness and one.
half of your physical and mental all
ments, do not turn your back upon such .
grsnd medicament.
Still further: commend to you large
class of parlor games and recreatiOns.
There Is a way Of making our homes q
hundred fold more attractive than they
nre now. Those parents can not expect
to keep their children away from outside
dissipation unless they make the domestic
circle brighter than any thing they can
find outside Of it. Do not, then, sit in
your home surly and unsympathetic, and
with a half-condemnatory look. because
Of the sportfulness OF your children. You
were young once yourself; let your chill
lren be young. Because your eyes are
dim and your ankles are stiff, do not de-
nounce sportfulness in those upon
whose eyes there is the first luster,
and in whose foot there is the bound
ing joy Of robust health. 1 thank
God that in our drawing-rooms and in our
parlors there are innumerable games and
sports which have not upon them the
least faint of iniquity. Light up all y our
homes with innocent hilarties. Do not
sit down with the rheumatism, wonder
ing how children can go on so. Rather
thank God that their hearts are so light,
and their laughter is SO free, and that
their cheeks are SO rnddy, and that their
expectations are SO radiant. The night
will come soon enough, and the heart.
break and the pang and the desc ation-it
will come soon enough for the dear chill
dren. But when the storm actually clouds
the sky, it will be time enough for you
to haul out your reef tackles. Carry.
then, into your homes not
only the innocent sports and
games which are the inventions OF our
own day, but the games which come down
with the sportfulness OF all the past ages
chess, and charades. and tableaux, and
battledore. and calisthenics, and lawn
tennis, and oil those amusemsnts which
we'll how to contrive. Then there will be
the parlor socialties-grOups of people
in your homes, with wit and
and joviality, filling the room
with joy from the door to the mantel. and
from the carpet to the ceiling. oh. is
there any exhilaration like q score Of
genial souls in ono room. each ons adding
. contribution of his own individual mer.
rimsnt to the aggregation of general hilar.
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Suppose you want to go abroad in the
,ity, then you will find the panorama and
the art gallery, and exquisite collections
IF pictures. You will find the MetropOl-
tan Museum and the Historical Society
rooms full of rare curiosities. and scores
IF places which can stand plainly the test
If what is right and wrong in amuse.
nents. You will End the lecturing hall,
which has been honored by the names of
Agassiz in natural history, Doremus in
chemistry, Boynton in geology, Mitchell
IN oatrOnO1nv John r CSouoh in moral "a